#31

Lakel Bass

Linebacker for UTSA. 2017: 68 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · UTSA · #31

6′1″ · 230 lb · St. Louis, MO

UTSA 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 352 nationally · Joined UTSA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for UTSA. 2017: 68 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTSA in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at UTSA, 155 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with UTSA2-star out of Hutchinson C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#352 national

CFB

College

UTSA

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Frank Wilson, all run-leaning offenses — 12-12 over that span.

2016UTSA6-7HC: Frank Wilson · Run-leaning

2017UTSA6-5HC: Frank Wilson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Strength: tackles (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#238 / 2682 · 90th pct

8.5

Tackles#326 / 2682 · 88th pct

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#759 / 2682 · 71st pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	8.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
Road6g	4.7	0.8	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.4	1.1	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UTSA	68	28	8.5	2.0	--	--	--
2016	UTSA	87	33	11.0	5.0	1	--	--
Career		155	61	19.5	7.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 51–17

vs Southern

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 34-point win at home against Southern.

With D. Sturm — 292 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.4 · 35 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · Y. Routsas — 39 AVG · 51 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week